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-\v 8 Goliath stood there and shouted to the Israelite army, "Why are you all lined up for battle? You can see that I am a Philistine soldier who is ready to fight and you are just the slaves of Saul. Choose one man who can fight for all of you and send him down here to me!
+\v 8 Goliath stood there and shouted to the Israelite army, "I can see you are lined up for battle, but you will not fight me. You can see that I am a Philistine soldier who is ready to fight and you are just the slaves of Saul. Choose one man who can fight for all of you and send him down here to me!
 \v 9 If he fights with me and kills me, then my fellow Philistines will all be your slaves. But if I defeat him and kill him, then you Israelites will all be our slaves.
 
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